Camille Pissarro vs Claude Monet
Two painters, their most-loved works next to each other. Facts from museum records and Wikipedia.
Danish-French painter (1830–1903)
- Works here
- 8
- Dated
- 1866–1894
- Main era
- Impressionism
- Where to see
- Art Institute of Chicago
Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of Saint Thomas. His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Pissarro studied from great forerunners, including Gustave Courbet and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.
French painter (1840–1926)
- Works here
- 12
- Dated
- 1866–1906
- Main era
- Impressionism
- Where to see
- Art Institute of Chicago, Musée Marmottan Monet, Musée d'Orsay, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Oscar-Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of Impressionism who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his long career, he was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of Impressionism's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions of nature, especially as applied to plein air (outdoor) landscape painting.
